Phantom - Masquerade - Question

I think she is running away from the Phantom, or trying to, but she can't and every man there reminds of her of the Phantom, spinning her around till she gets confused. I'm not saying this as fact, just offering an idea.

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In the libretto, the stage directions say that Christine "almost coquettish, almost jittery dances from man to man". Each of them are supposed to spin her with increasing force until Raoul brings her back into the dance. So I guess, yeah, they're supposed to be Phantomish, and threatening.

Sandra Joseph did not dance on pointe, so, obviously, the actress playing Christine is not required to.

Since it's only one number, they usually correograph the dance so at least Christine's character does not have to dance on pointe.

Yeah, I was thinkin of before "Think of Me". Though I did see Sandra at the beginning of her run and she was in fact en pointe, dot just on demi...Demi-pointe is REALLY hard to achieve with pointe shoes unless they are REALLY broken in.

No, the actress playing Christine is not required to do the dance on pointe. That's maybe why she's not in the front line during this part of the dance section...

In the beginning of the production in New York, Christine danced the whole Hannibal-Dance, means, starts in the group after Carlotta's first entrance. Now she comes much later in the scene. I guess that means, the dance abilitys of the actress playing Christine has been trimmed. If I remember correctly in the Canadian production Christine had to dance the whole Hannibal as well.

In the Vienna Production Christine doesn't dance the solo in Masquerade at all, because the actress who originated the role in Vienna couldn't dance at all.

Yes there are things called demi pointe shoes. They have a hard toe box but no shank so it's pretty hard if not impossible to go up on your toes. But the idea is that they look and feel like real shoes.

Rebecca Pitcher
Julie Hanson
Marie Danvers

all dance on pointe